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Ancient Ys Vanished is a remake of Ys: The Vanished Omens. Story-wise, it is identical to the original version. However, there are more characters in the towns, and some of them have additional dialogue lines.

19 July 1991

Ys is an adventure developed by Dempa Shimbunsha, released 19 July 1991 on Sharp X68000.

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What Ys is

Ys is an adventure game developed by Dempa Shimbunsha and released in 1991. It is available on Sharp X68000 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ancient Ys Vanished is a remake of Ys: The Vanished Omens. Story-wise, it is identical to the original version. However, there are more characters in the towns, and some of them have additional dialogue lines.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ys series

Ys is the 12th of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. The next entry was Ys III in 1991.

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What it launched against

Ys launched on 19 July 1991, within three weeks of Final Fantasy IV and Bomberman II.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy IV, Bomberman II.

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When did Ys come out?
Ys was released on 19 July 1991 for Sharp X68000.

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